[Advice Needed] PC First Person Shooter game for an absolute Beginner

[Archon42]

Hey all! o/

 

Need some game recommendations for a good singleplayer First Person Shooter on the PC that would be good for an absolute beginner to the genre.

 

Wife is interested in trying her hand and insisted on the new Doom as she 'used to be pretty good at classic Doom'... Needless to say much shrieking and flailing about ensued. :-P

Is there any simple first person shooter on the PC, preferably singleplayer, that anyone could recommend? Wife is a complete beginner in this genre. She's not much of a gamer, but since she is showing some interest, I want to encourage it. :-)

[Xander Cousins]

@Archon42 Well pc I think I good starter shooter would actually have to be the classic call of duty campaigns so the likes of MW1,MW2, WaW, BO1 those to me seem pretty starter level. 

 

The only issue with the MW1 would be the Sniping mission and the one after where you have to push through the town in a time limit other than that it should be sweet.

I Would have recommended Halo but you guys only have the Classic Halo CE on pc so  

[MaxBunny]

12 minutes ago, Archon42 said:

Need some game recommendations for a good singleplayer First Person Shooter on the PC that would be good for an absolute beginner to the genre.

Skyrim. Any games where you take your time and learn how to move, interact, and react. Shooters are more about reaction time and coordination which beginners won't have yet.

 

Then try Portal if she can stomach the puzzles and orientation changing. Wouldn't do that one first, but certainly after a game like Skyrim it should be fine.

[DELTAprime]

Actually I'd recommend the 2016 Doom on the easiest setting for a beginner. Maybe turn on god mode and other cheats if need be.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Even Call of Duty linear handholding would make an easy to get into series...

Just find whatever games you can on special, the SP COD's are usually good enough for a one or two time play-through.

[chiller15]

The Half-Life series - best series of games I've played.

The Bioshock series - Bioshock 1 is one of my all-time favorites.

F.E.A.R and F.E.A.R 2 - Both are in the horror FPS genre, both very good in my opinion.

Recently played Titanfall 2, pretty decent! I'd recommend it.

 

[Archon42]

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys!

All that's left is to look around and see if the old games still run on new systems and we  should be good to go! (^_^)7

[GitGud]

Crysis series

[ivan134]

Doom sounds like it should be a good start. Just play on the easiest difficulty